QUEENS, N.Y. – The North Dakota State Bison women's soccer team (1-3-0) fell to Big East Conference member St. John's (4-0-0) at Belson Stadium in New York City Sunday evening, Sept. 1, 5-0.

The Red Storm's Amy Marron scored the first goal of the match in the 11^th minute on a corner kick before Rachel Daly made it 2-0 St. John's after chipping a ball over Sierra Bonham's head and into the net in the 18^th minute. The Bison didn't get their first shot of the match until the 19^th minute, when Katie Tallas sent a shot over the goal post. The Red Storm increased their lead to 3-0 in the 28^th minute on a header goal from Marron.

Five minutes into the second half St. John's increased its lead to 4-0 after Marron scored her second header of the match to complete the hat trick. The Bison had a chance to score a goal of their own five minutes later but Steph Jacobson's shot ricocheted off the post and the chance evaporated. Daly added another goal for the Red Storm in the 52^nd minute to increase their lead over the Bison to 5-0. Lizzie Lukas nearly gave the Bison their first goal of the match in the 70^th minute but her shot was saved by Red Storm goalkeeper Rachel Hoffman.

The Bison were outshot in the match 26-3. St. John's also had an 11-1 advantage in shots-on-goal and corner kicks taken.

Steph Jacobson, Lukas and Tallas each recorded shots for NDSU, with Lukas' being the lone shot-on-goal. Marron led the Red Storm offensively, recording a hat trick to go along with a pair of assists.

Bonham went 56 minutes in-goal for NDSU, making four saves but took the loss after allowing five goals to fall to 1-3-0 overall. Diana Poulin picked up the victory in-goal for the Red Storm.

The Bison return to the pitch this Friday, Sept. 6, when they host the Idaho Vandals (0-3-0) in the first-ever regular season soccer match at historic Dacotah Field. First kick is set for 5 p.m.